Travel Shooters
Premier archaeological spot in southwestern Colorado
Take guided tours of some of the best-preserved cliff dwellings and mesa-top villages in the world at Mesa Verde National Park. Over 4,000 sites built by the Ancestral Puebloan people can be found, covering more than 14 centuries of history. See highlights along Mesa Loop Road or hike the Petroglyph Point Trail.
Travel Nevada
Notable site in Nevada’s backcountry wilderness
Wander a once booming silver and gold mining town of the 1860s, Ophir Mill. It’s now a ghost town providing a free look into the past and featuring intriguing ruins of miners’ cabins, stores, lodges, saloons, a school, post office and cemetery. Visit other ghost towns too; there’s over 600 throughout Nevada!
Jay Dash
Centuries of grandeur and history in Southeastern Utah
The backdrop for numerous Hollywood movies, Monument Valley’s majestic buttes are 300 million years in the making. Book a Navajo-guided tour of Valley Drive, a 27-kilometre dirt road through the park, or hike along Wildcat Trail, a walking path with intimate views of ancient structures and petroglyphs.
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Dylan VanWeelden/Travel Oregon
Oregon’s only national park and a spiritual site for many
The deepest lake in the USA, Crater Lake is famed for its enchanting blue waters, high cliffs and picturesque islands. Lesser known is its cultural significance to the Klamath people. Artifacts are still being found under layers of ash from the volcanic eruption that took place here 7,700 years ago. Learn about the icon’s cultural side at welcome centers and on trolley and boat tours.
Mark Skalny
Ancient space honoring Arizona’s Native peoples
Just an hour north of Flagstaff, Wupatki National Monument has well-preserved pueblos once inhabited by the Hopi and Zuni people. The seven pueblos of the monument are reached by four different trails, all rated easy and accessible by guided tours. Admire the sandstone remnants and desert prairie in year-round warm temperatures.
Visit Vancouver
See the route that famous adventurers took
Traverse the Washington State segment of the Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail, with multiple stops in the state. Follow their historic footsteps through the stunning Columbia River Gorge. View Beacon Rock, a volcanic plug created 57,000 years ago later used as a campsite for the legendary travelers on their way to and from the Pacific.
Travel Tacoma
Iconic Washington spot home to cultures for a millennia
Ride scenic gondolas atop Crystal Mountain, drive the Chinook Scenic Byway or hike the Wonderland Trail to view the peaks and meadows of Mount Rainier National Park in Washington State. Stop at the nearby Pioneer Farm Museum and Ohop Indian Village for insight into the park’s storied past. Try painting en plein air on your own or during outdoor painting events.
